We Are Dumb...

Since I just transferred from my stuff from my other blog, here is an actual current blog...

After I had a conversation with a friend of mine the other night... More thoughts flooded my mind after we talked about our topic... here the are.

I think if we are truly desiring a true relationship with God, we need to look out our lives in full and analyze it. And when we do so, make sure that we are praying and looking at these things with the eyes of God.

When you do, things become more clear. For example, I have chosen not listen to things that are not glorifying to God. Since I've made that choice, if I ever hear anything that is secular I start feeling icky. If there are suggestive words or foul language I can barely stand it. Its like I feel a darkness starting to come over me.

At the womens retreat, this year in october, Diane Pestes talked about how she really likes music that isnt necessarily appropriate. And one time, while she was listening to it in her car a clear voice spoke and said, "the world is watching". She was terrified and immediately turned the station. It happened one more time when she was in her kitchen listening to the radio. "The world is watching". She took it as God telling her, "you are a light to the world, you are an example & people are watching".

That's truly what we are. We are to be a light to the world. The nasty disgusting world is dark and evil. Its Satan's earth now. God will create a new one for us. We are here only to learn and grasp ahold of God with everything we have and help others do the same. Sure lots of people think, "well im not called to ministry, I dont want to serve God, I dont need to, what good can I do?" Well all that is dumb. seriously. it frusturates me. We are God's children. We are ALL called to serve Him and let Him use us.

When we surrender to Him, He gives us these amazing gifts. Spiritual gifts that are so amazing. When I got rebaptized I was changed. I didnt realize what it was yet, but now I do. One of the gifts God gave me was the spiritual gift of discernment. I didnt even realize it was a gift God gave me until I started studying spiritual gifts.

I can read people, pretty well. I'm not saying reading their minds. but when I meet new people or even people I know well, I can sense what kind of spirit they have. and their intentions. how they would handle things. And a lot of the time even recognizing their gifts. There are other ones that God has given me. I am incredibly thankful and blown away by the things God has blessed me with. I have asked God to show me the things He has given me, so that I can use them to serve Him better. And He has started revealing them to me more and more. I think for us know God, we have to begin serving Him. I'm not saying you have to get a job at a church or drop everything to go be a missionary in some rainforest. But I am saying we all need to recognize that we owe everything to Christ. and do what you feel would be your part.

When Jesus comes again, and He looks at you with His amazing love and eyes and speaks to you... will He say "well done, my good and faithful servant" ? If you dont see how He could say that to you. Then obviously you need to make some changes. There are things that we dont want to give up. It may be drinking, drugs, inappropriate music, language, lying, gambling. The list goes on and on. We all have things that we enjoy doing and dont want to stop doing. Well we are dumb. These are things that are harming us. If not us physically, most importantly spiritually. I cant tell you how happy I became when I made the decision to serve God. And the awesome thing is, it is the most fun I've ever had.

God allowed me to use the things I love and have a passion for to serve Him. I love planning, I love people, I love music, I love writing, I love laughing. Well that is what I do with my life. All those things. God gave me a love for those things, and is allowing me use them for Him. I feel His spirit with me always, I feel Him protecting me, encouraging me, allowing me to have these amazing divine appointments with strangers, or friends from the past, to share with them His love.

It may not even be a conversation about God. It could just be sitting down and chatting with them. Just letting God work through my heart and eyes and letting them know that they are loved. That is all that is important. Love. But for us to experience these things, we need to rid ourselves of the things that are hindering our relationship with Christ. We cant let His love & spirit spill out of us unless we are completely filled up ourselves. This may have been all dumb blabbering to you. But its what i've been thinking about today. And I hope that maybe it was what you needed to hear. If not, sorry I rambled on so long.